Briden v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.

We approve so much of the decision of the Superior Court as holds that the city of Pawtucket has no standing to insist upon the proposed alteration of the bridge in question, for the reason that inasmuch as it is not a statutory duty of the city to make its highways safe and convenient for the passage of electric cars it can have no concern to inquire whether a greater duty is imposed upon the respondent railroad company. If the whole duty of the city in regard to the bridge is imposed upon the railroad company, as is admitted, it has no reason to complain. The question which the board of…